Something’s rotten in Russian Doll
My local CSA does home deliveries during this period of isolation, and although I am working from home I find myself with plenty of time to cook, so I ordered […]
Category Archives: Television
The Dinners of Wolf Hall
I’ve been watching Wolf Hall (again!) with a friend who recently picked up the novels. Both the books and the television adaptation are very dense with detail, so there’s always […]
Link Buffet: Made for TV
Midcentury Menu is a blog that recipe-tests vintage dishes like meat loaves and meringue pies and posts the (often hilarious) results. The blogmistress recently teamed up with the food stylist […]
The Presidential Cookie Bake-Off
In 1992, the public voted for Hilary Clinton’s cookies. How this cookie election came about is a little convoluted. To oversimplify: Clinton’s successful career in law became fodder for political opponents who wished to […]
Link Buffet: Snow Day Entertainments
It’s finally starting to warm up in Philly, but there are still big gray piles of snow on the ground and enough chill in the wind to turn our faces […]
Link Buffet: Throwback Thursday
Everything on today’s link list is giving me nostalgia for the music, media, and fascination with wearable candy of the 80s and 90s. From Sociological Images, a brief history of how […]
Link Buffet: Sweets for the Sweet
February 5th was World Nutella Day! Sorry if you missed it. I’ve written before about how food holidays come about–most often a brand or food commission will propose that a mayor, […]
OitNB: “Come get you some cake.”
I can’t believe I’m making two television posts in a row. But there is a lot of really good, thoughtful television on the air these days–and in this age of […]
Mad Men: “We can have the connection that we’re hungry for.”
Last week on Mad Men‘s midseason finale, Peggy Olson got her chance to shine in a pitch that rivaled Don’s Season 1 carousel spiel: a moment when advertising seems to transcend marketing and become poetry, […]
The grisly murder of fruit
While waiting for my bus in the morning, I noticed a number of city buses were wearing this advertisement on their sides: My websearch turned up a great many more variations of […]
